Gifts and sweetmeats at the Gupta Wedding, as a nation demands answers

The happy couple Vega Gupta and Aakash Jahajgarhia take part in the first wedding ceremony. Marida Fitzpatrick/YOU

SUN CITY - As the nation stews and rages about the apparent misuse of a national key point, the Gupta family wedding extravaganza is well underway.

Seemingly oblivious to the drama caused by the lavish nuptials, Vega Gupta and Aakash Jahajgarhia are running through an over-the-top series of events and ceremonies, to join their families and celebrate their love.

So what exactly are the wedding party and hundreds of guests doing, as government departments scramble to explain how their party plane was allowed to land at the strategic Waterkloof Air Force Base?

The Gupta's spokesman Haranath Ghosh, for one, is doing damage control, taking to Twitter to put a South Africa-friendly spin on the whole debacle.

this was supposed to be a private wedding which in turn will promote SA as a destination for such big events internationally #GuptaWedding

Vega was seated under the mandap or bridal canopy, where gifts were placed in her lap. The women wished the couple a long and happy marriage and Vega then touched the feet of her elders, who in turn fed her sweets.

Guests proceeded to the Lost City where fireworks filled the night sky while inside the venue senses were overloaded with an explosion of colour and sound.